penalty box
Enforcer's temporary home
The penalty box is the designated area where a hockey player serves time after committing a penalty, temporarily leaving their team shorthanded: He spent two minutes in the penalty box for tripping.
In soccer, the penalty box (or penalty area) is the rectangular zone in front of each goal where fouls by defenders result in penalty kicks.
Figuratively, being in the penalty box means being in a state of disfavor or punishment.
Slang for penalty area
- power playStrategic leverage attempt
- short-handedLacking sufficient personnel
- refereeSports rule enforcer
- penalizedGiven a disadvantage for violation
two minutes · faceoff · icing · offside · cross-checking · hooking · tripping · interference
- five minutesBrief span of time
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- clockDevice displaying time
- durationLength of existence
Approval or punitive measure
- infractionMinor rule breach
- violationBreaking of rules
- consequenceResult of an action
- transgressionViolation of law or code
reprimand · foul · offense · rule violation · unsportsmanlike · ejection · suspension · disqualification
State of being restricted
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- separationState of being apart
- timeoutBrief suspension of play
sideline · benched · sitting out · removed · segregated · sidelined · waiting · watching
sin bin
Slang for penalty area
- power playStrategic leverage attempt
- short-handedLacking sufficient personnel
- refereeSports rule enforcer
two minutes · penalized · faceoff · icing · offside · cross-checking · hooking · tripping · interference · high-sticking
two minutes
- five minutesBrief span of time
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- clockDevice displaying time
ten minutes · duration · time served · running clock · serving time
sanction
Approval or punitive measure
- infractionMinor rule breach
- violationBreaking of rules
- consequenceResult of an action
transgression · reprimand · foul · offense · rule violation · unsportsmanlike · ejection · suspension · disqualification · red card
confinement
State of being restricted
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- separationState of being apart
timeout · sideline · benched · sitting out · removed · segregated · sidelined · waiting · watching · shame
- hockey rink partsboards, glass, plexiglass, blue line, red line
- venue zonesdugout, sideline, team bench, bullpen, pit lane
- penalty areasgoal area
- Soccergoal, soccer, pass, football, goalkeeper
- hockeypuck, hockey, ice hockey, pucks, field hockey
- game boardsgame board, squares, spaces, tiles, hex
penalty boxice
Water's solid form
on the ice · in play · team bench · active play · center ice
penalty boxwinner's circle
Area honoring first place
podium · place of honor · spotlight · center stage · hall of fame
box, penalty, boxing, boxes, boxer, boxed, penalties, unbox, unboxed